Window-shade fixture



UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

' DANIEL w. WISE, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

WINDOW-SHADE F|xTURE.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Lene/rs. Patent No. 382,784, dated May 15,1888.

Application filed November 20, 1886. Serial No. 219,452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be.it known that I, DANIEL W. WISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at-Ohicago, inthe county of Cook and State of IllinoIs, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to window-shade fixtures such as are designed to permit the eutire shade to be raised or lowered, as well as the shade to be rolled; audit has for its objects to provide a cheap and convenient means tor so doing, and especially one which will' keep the shade steady and firm at whatever poInt it may be situated. These objects I attaIn by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window with my shade attached. Fig. 2 is a front View of a modification. Fig. 3 is a side view of one rod and set of parts. Fig. 4 is a part sectional detail view of one sliding support withone end of a shade-roller in position'. Fig.V 5 is a detail of same.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.,

A is a window-frame; B, a windowshade hanging on the roller C.

D D are pulley-frames, which are placed in the upper corners ofthe Window-frame, or, if on the outside, in the'position shown in Fig. 2. They are secured to the frame by screws, and are cast with the flanges E E, as shown in Fig. 3. The pulley is such as is used ou the Inside of the frame; but when designed for use as in Fig. lthe ange E'is placed on the back side of the iframe. This'iiange is provided with a, screw-threaded hole, as at F. At a considerable distance below these pulleyframes there are secured to the window-frames the plates G G. Each is provided with an eye directly belowthe aperture F. Screw-rods H H are now inserted through the eye, screwed A into the apertures F F, and then rigidly se-l cured iu place by the lock-nuts'I I. Each rod has sliding upon it ashade-support, J. These supports have lugs at the top and bottom, each provided with au aperture to receive the rod. The support on one rod has a simple 5o angular aperture, K, to receive the end of the roller; but the othersupport has 4a recess or cavity, K', shaped, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that the end of the roller which is provided withla button or head, K, can be iirst'inserted and then lowered into thecavity, so as to be kept securely in place. A transverse screwbolt, L, is inserted above the endof the rollerl to keep the same in place. -The object of this structure is to permit the insertion and re-.-

moval of the roller without disturbing the rest of the fixture. At the upper end of each support is an eye, M. `In this eye' the end of a cord, N, is secured. This cord passes up over the pulley D, and one cord passesover both pulleys, as shown in Fig. 1. The two cords are then spliced and the end passed through a lock-pulley, O.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The parts are placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1. The roller cau vbe easily raising and removing the head K2. .The rods H H are made of such size as to be firm and steady, and the supports slide freely thereon. The nut I can be used at any time to tighten and secure the r'od H. The shade rolls on its roller in the usual manner.

If it is desired to raise or'lower the entire shade and roller, it can be done by drawing ou the end of the cord N below the splice. `This exerts pressure through the cords N over the pulleys D D to the ends of the roller andraises the same. It is locked in position by thelockpulley O.

I am aware of the patent to Bull et al., dated October 19, 1886,No. 351, 308, and also patent to Wyatt, dated January 4, 1870, No. 98, 654; also patent to Beers, dated October 10'; 1882, No.

265,564, and I am Vfamiliar with the contents thereof. I ydisclaim whatever is shown, de-

scribed, or claimed in any or all said patents;

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7o I' removed by simply taking out the bolt L and Y the end of the cord, rods H H, pulley-braekhand, this 17th day of November, A. D. 1886, ets having pulleys over which the curtanin the presence of two Witnesses. cords pass, and each a holeinto which one rod H is received, plates G G, look-nuts I I, the DANIEL W WISE 5 compound cord N, and lock-pulley O, all as Witnesses:

and for the purpose set forth. FRANCIS W. PARKER,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my G. G. JACKSON. 

